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Sign in to saveA bitstream (or bit stream), also known as binary sequence, is a sequence of bits.
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- Relationship to bytestreams
- Examples
- Flow control
- See also
- References
A bitstream (or bit stream), also known as binary sequence, is a sequence of bits.
A bytestream is a sequence of bytes. Typically, each byte is an 8-bit quantity, and so the term octet stream is sometimes used interchangeably. An octet may be encoded as a sequence of 8 bits in multiple different ways (see bit numbering) so there is no unique and direct translation between bytestreams and bitstreams.
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